Toy



HDR. LARSEN.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED MAYS, |921- Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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' TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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application inea may a, 1921.Y ,serial no. teaser, i

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Howano E. Lansnn,

a citizen of the United State-s, andresident' of Milwaukee, in thecounty of `Milwaulree and State of Wisconsim have invented'certainnewand useful Improvementsfii'i Toys; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact vdescription thereof.l

The invention relates 4to improvements in toys generally andmoreparticularly a. type of the same adapted for the amusement one whereinthe figured portion of the same'y is arranged to have a reciprocatorymovement imparted thereto through the medium o-f a simple actuatingmeans, whereby to greatly add to the amusement features to be obtainedin the mere viewingy of its comical or fanciful configuration.

With the foregoing and other objects in` view, the invention resides inthe certain novel and useful construction and arrangement as will behereinafter more fully described, as set forth in the appended claims,

and illustrated in the accompanying'drawing, in which Figure'l is a sideelevation, partly in section, of the preferred form and conguratio ofthe toy, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2--2 of kFigure 1.

Beferring'to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a. body portion ormember, preferably formed of a. suitable length of tubular wooden ormetal stock open at both of its ends, and constituting the handle of thetoy. Movable vertically of the body or handle 10 is a rod 11 upon theupper end of which is secured a supporting plate 12 having anintermediate portion normally resting in flat contacting relation on theupper end of the body or handle. The plate 12 is l preferably of sheetmetal and is pro-vided with a forwardly and downwardly curved portion 18and a rearwardly and upwardly inclined or angularly Vdisposed portion14,'

of theh'ead-portion 151iA 13, of the plate '12,fwh'ile the frearpo ofthe latter, extendsupava thef head portion after 'fthe' i,

which portions arexsliapedtoi-"characterise the breast j and'collarportions, respectively, f

of a fanciful` costume, Y such 'is lusually worn' by "circus'clownsliiounted onand 60 suitably secured to the intermediate portion of the'plate 1Qfis a head portion 15 which may be of any desired configuration,suchas` characterizes a clowns head, andv-"risingf fromthey upper`portion of thehead portion 15 is a body portion' lih'aving the form'efal clowns usual head-"gear or carp. The face t l A y osed ina-planeimmediately' abovethe ,centerv of the p 'rtion 'nil-4; l70 ,r-iearfof fialvv m'anner off the collarportion of aclownscostume.

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portionsl'and'jla,ofthe supporting,platej` Y' n 12,' the headportion15,r and 'the khead-gear` or cap body arefto be suitably`coloredor i painted in conformity,withthe usual colors y, i used inthemaire-up Iof a clown, or to otherwise characterize any; ofthe well'knowniig-f ures of mythical orlnstorical .,origin." l

`For impa'r-,ing'f'avv vertical.A reciprocatory =movement to the'rod11,4a flexible actuatingvl medium 17, such a suitable length of cord orthelike, is provided, and the samel is trained over a supportingelementlor' pin 18 extending transversely of the upperlend` portion ofthe bodyor handle 10 to one sider of the center of the-boreA ofthetubeto g ,jivey y clearance for thefree movement ofthe rod past thesame, one end of the flexibleIne- 90'` diurn 17 being secured, as at 19,tothe' lower end ofthe rod 11, and the other end thereof depending freeof thelower openl end of the body or handle 10 andbarrying ,av finger"piece or ring 2O at its extremity. L

. In the manipulation of the toy thus provided, the rod 11, with theattached character portions, is to be projected upwardly ofl the body orhandle y10 by the pulling of the freel depending` end ofthe flexiblemedium or cord 17 in a downward direction withone hand, while the bodyor handle is firmly 'y so f l parts thereof may he resorted to withoutdeparting from the Spirit oi the invention or from the scope of theappended claims.

Ha-Vlno' thus full described the invention u t., n L 9 what is claimedis l. A to f coinorisinp a tubular handle `nor- .J l D l tion, a rodmovable in the handle portion` a head ortion havino a fancifulConouration p b Y, carried at one end of said rod, and means forlmparting` a reoiprooatory movement to saidrod. l f

2. A to f oom arising-a tubular' handle yorn 1am. yl tion a rod movaloiewithin the handle 3orv l tion, a head portion having a 'ancirulconfiouration Carried at one end of said rod a l -1 a and meansextending within said handle portionA for imparting reeiproeatory4Inove- Inent to saidrod.

A toy Comprising a tubular handle portion7 arod, a head portion'having afanciful eonguration carried at one'end of. said rod and Supporting thesame within said handleportion and means extending' within the Saidyhandle portion for projecting said rod outwardly of one end thereof.'

4C. A toy comprising a tubular, handle portion, a. rod, a head portion*having a: .fanciupper endA of said handle portion7 a pin eX- tending`traneyersely of the upper end of Said handle portion to one side of saidrod, and a flexible cord extending' inwardly of the lower end of saidhandle portion and having one end trained over said pin and conneotingthe lower end of Said rod, the other lend of said flexible corddependingv free from the lower end of said handle portion and adapted tohe manipulated in a manner to project said rod upwardly of the latter.

ln testimony that Claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand vatMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of liseonsin.

HOWARD R. LARSEN.

